Chakvetadze eases through to quarters; Hantuchova survives three-set thriller

On Wednesday, top seed and tournament favorite Anna Chakvetadze advanced to the quarterfinals after her win over an Australian in straight sets.

Chakvetadze, coming as far as the semifinals here in 2005, won an easy match against Casey Dellacqua, 64 64. Throughout the match, there were 10 breaks, which matched the 10 holds in the one hour and eight minute match.

Daniela Hantuchova, seeded second, also came through to the next round, surviving a thrilling three-setter against Olga Govortsova, who pushed the Slovakian to the limits in the 2 hour and 29 minute match. Danilea had lost the first set 63, but she didn't give up, and despite facing some match points in the last set at 3-5 and 5-6 down, the Slovakian was able to close it down with a 36 62 76(4) victory.

Two of the three other seeds in action were ousted. No.5 seed Patty Schnyder lost for the 13th time in 19 career meetings against Amélie Mauresmo, 64 36 76(6), after holding match point at 6-5 in the third set tie-break; No.6 seed Flavia Pennetta was picked off by Sorana Cirstea, 36 64 63. No.7 seed Alizé Cornet was also pushed to three sets but won, beating Katarina Srebotnik, 76(3) 46 62.